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Sunderland’s previous League One outing saw them comfortably beat Morecambe 5-0 thanks to goals from Ross Stewart, Nathan Broadhead, Alex Pritchard and Leon Dajaku, making it the second league game of the season where they’ve managed to put five goals past their opponents with the first being their 5-0 victory over Cheltenham Town back in September.

With the January transfer window on the horizon, Sunderland have the opportunity to add even more firepower to their squad after a recent report from The Northern Echo claimed that Lee Johnson is “considering recalling Jack Diamond and Josh Hawkes from their respective loan spells in order to increase his options in the second half of the season.”

Taking into account how many injuries Sunderland have at the moment, particularly in the defensive areas, Johnson could have the mindset of overpowering their opponents in an attacking sense, in the same way they did with Morecambe, to make up for their defensive weaknesses, which could make it a smart move to have the likes of Diamond and Hawkes at his disposal again.

In 12 League Two appearances for Tranmere Rovers, Hawkes has managed to score one goal and provide two assists whilst playing in a number of different midfield and attacking positions.

For Diamond, he has racked up five goals and four assists in 17 appearances for Harrogate Town across League Two and the FA Cup.

This shows why Johnson reportedly wants the duo back at the Wearside club in January to see if they can continue their good starts to the season back at Sunderland and help the Black Cats win promotion back to the Championship.

If Johnson can guarantee Diamond and Hawkes regular playing time back at Sunderland for the remainder of the season, then Kyril Louis-Dreyfus should definitely bring them back in case his squad are struck down with any more injuries that could be a setback for their promotion hopes.

Providing the duo do return in the winter and are able to have a positive impact on the team and their results moving forward, this would be a massive boost for the fans who would undoubtedly be thrilled, especially if the team manages to secure promotion.

In other news: Johnson could solve major SAFC predicament by unleashing “terrific” 21 y/o sensation – opinion

Crystal Palace are unlikely to make a move for out-of-favour Manchester United forward Anthony Martial, according to journalist Tom Barclay.

The Lowdown: Martial struggling for minutes

The Frenchman has struggled to force his way into Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s plans at Old Trafford this season, making just two Premier League starts prior to the Norwegian’s departure from the club this morning.

The likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Mason Greenwood, Marcus Rashford, Edinson Cavani and Jadon Sancho all appear to be ahead of Martial in the pecking order, so he could leave the Manchester club soon.

Palace have been linked with a move for the 25-year-old, who has scored 94 goals in his career during spells with Monaco and United.

The Latest: Barclay plays down Palace move for Martial

Speaking to GIVEMESPORT, Barclay played down the idea of Martial heading to Crystal Palace, admitting that the Eagles likely couldn’t afford his wages.

The journalist said: “Would he even want to go to Crystal Palace? He’s obviously out of favour at United, and they probably are looking to let him go, but I would be pretty shocked.

“He would either have to take a massive pay cut or Palace would have to go down a massively different route.”

The Verdict: Highly unlikely

Martial is a talented footballer who has had good times at United – his record of 79 goals in 266 appearances is not to be dismissed – but as Barclay says, it is hard to see a move to Palace ever materialising.

The France international earns an eye-watering £250,000 per week at Old Trafford, which is almost double that of Palace’s highest-earning player Wilfried Zaha (£130,000). Also, Martial’s current United deal doesn’t expire until the summer of 2024, so Patrick Vieira couldn’t even snap up his compatriot on the cheap.

Besides, it’s not as if the Eagles have been stuck for goals this season either – Christian Benteke, Wilfried Zaha, Conor Gallagher and Odsonne Edouard have already netted 15 times between them in the Premier League alone – so Martial isn’t a player that Palace desperately need.

In other news, some Palace fans criticised one player’s performance against Burnley. Find out who it is here.

أكد مصدر داخل الفريق الأول لكرة السلة بنادي الاتحاد السكندري، أن أنس أسامة سيتواجد مساء اليوم الأحد، مع زملائه في التدريبات.

وكان الاتحاد السكندري قد كشف في شهر يونيو الماضي عن تعاقده مع أنس أسامة رسميًا، في صفقة انتقال حر.

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وأوضح المصدر أن اللاعب كان قد أبلغ الجهاز الفني بغيابه أمس عن التدريبات وحصل على إذن من الجهاز الفني للفريق السكندري.

يذكر أن أنس أسامة سيظهر لأول مرة في تدريبات الاتحاد، اليوم بعد رحيله عن الزمالك، في صفقة شهدت جدلًا واسعًا بسبب توقيع اللاعب على عقود التجديد للقلعة البيضاء، لتقوم إدارة الفريق السكندري بتقديم العقود لاتحاد السلة والذي فصل في الأمر.

Following on from their 1-1 draw against Cambridge United in their previous League One fixture in midweek, Sheffield Wednesday are back in action this weekend with a home clash against Lincoln City to see if the Owls can secure all three points after drawing their two previous league fixtures.

 On the chalkboard

One player who featured in midweek but we feel should not be in the starting XI to face Lincoln at the weekend is centre-forward Lee Gregory.

During the match against Cambridge, the 33-year-old had just one shot on target, won just one of his 10 duels, lost possession 16 times and racked up a rather disappointing passing accuracy percentage of 43% after he completed just nine out of his 21 passes. That ultimately earned him an uninspiring overall match rating of 6.4/10, making him the joint-lowest rated Wednesday player on the day according to SofaScore.

Taking this into account, we think it could be worth taking Gregory out of the starting XI at the weekend and perhaps give him a breather given how he has played 90 minutes in each of Wednesday’s three previous league fixtures, even though he’s scored three goals in the process.

Wednesday signed Gregory back in August from Stoke City for an undisclosed fee. Since then, the £450k-valued striker (according to Transfermarkt) has made 12 appearances for the Owls in League One scoring five goals and providing two assists along the way and proving himself to be a very useful figure for the team.

In terms of who could come in for Gregory at the weekend if Moore does decide to take him out of the starting XI, there’s every chance that the Owls boss could recall Saido Berahino or Florian Kamberi, who both have one league goal under their belts so far this season.

Either way, given his age, his shocking performance against Cambridge and the number of minutes he’s played in recent weeks, we feel that it’s probably a good time for Moore to give Gregory a rest to see if this could sharpen him up once again for upcoming fixtures.

In other news: Moore must unleash “dynamic” Sheff Weds beast at the weekend, he’d terrify Lincoln – opinion

A number of Liverpool supporters are delighted after key pair Fabinho and Thiago were pictured in training ahead of the clash with Atletico Madrid.

The Reds had a disappointing afternoon in the Premier League at the weekend, drawing 2-2 at home to Brighton. It was a sloppy performance in which two valuable points were dropped and a response is needed in the Champions League on Wednesday night.

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Atletico make the trip to Anfield looking for a repeat of their 3-2 win there in March 2020 but Liverpool know that victory will secure a place in the last 16.

On Monday, the club’s official Twitter account posted a photo of Fabinho and Thiago training alongside one another, suggesting that both could be available after recent injuries.

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Liverpool fans react to Fabinho and Thiago photo

Needless to say, the image went down a storm with these Reds fans on Twitter, who reacted positively to seeing the duo back in training at a time when Jurgen Klopp’s midfield has been rather depleted.

“Oh god I’m crying”

Credit: @LFCViking6024

“Love it!!”

Credit: @prngcht

“What a boost, we miss you lads”

Credit: @_Harithh_

“I swear I’m not crying”

Credit: @apenggent

“What a way to start the week”

Credit: @JamieHolme

“Someone hold me, I’m weak”

Credit: @itsmeg_statham

“Omg, my heart”

Credit: @LadyToluu

In other news, some Liverpool fans have bemoaned an injury update regarding one player. Read more here.

Bangladesh have had two consecutive defeats in their warm-up matches but captain Mohammad Ashraful believes a good start in the World Twenty20 could take them beyond the Super Eights stage. Bangladesh are grouped with India and Ireland, with the top two teams from each group progressing to the Super Eights stage, and Ashraful is confident of his team’s chances. “Our first goal is the Super Eights, but if we have a good start against India [at Trent Bridge on Saturday], it will give us the confidence of going far in the tournament,” Ashraful said.Bangladesh lost to Australia by 38 runs on Monday and to Sri Lanka by six wickets on Tuesday, but Ashraful did not seem too perturbed. “It’s been a good workout for us,” he said after Tuesday’s game. “This is a format in which any side can beat the other. It’s not a lottery but everything depends on how a team plays on that particular day.”Allrounder Shakib Al Hasan was also pleased the preparations before the main tournament, but called for a better effort in the fielding department. “Our preparation has gone well so far I think,” Shakib said. “We fought all the way and created winning situations. This has boosted our confidence. Against Sri Lanka we did not bat well but the bowling brought us back in the game. We were in fine batting form against Australia and were going at 10 an over for most part. Our fielding has not been up to the mark yet so we need to work on that. It is a bit windy in England and we I think we have to adjust to that when we field.”Shakib returned impressive bowling figures of 4-0-18-2 against Sri Lanka and was quite consistent with the bat as well, however, the world’s No. 1 ODI allrounder was not prepared to sit on his laurels. “Twenty20 is still a new format for me and I have not played that many games,” Shakib said. “I have done well in ODIs but we’ll see how it goes in this tournament. The practice matches give us an indication of where we are and having made a few runs and taken wickets, I am going into this tournament very confident.”Meeting India in the first match of the group would surely bring back memories of the 2007 ODI World Cup match at Port of Spain where Bangladesh won by five wickets to dump India out of the competition but Shakib was more focused on Saturday’s clash.”Yes, we do talk about that match and it lifts us no doubt,” Shakib said. “However, this is a totally different format and conditions are different. We have to field well to win matches and get the batting and bowling plan right. How we prepare is very important.”

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A reapresentação do São Paulo nesta segunda-feira teve o atacante Brenner e o lateral-esquerdo Júnior Tavares como novidades. Os dois participaram das atividades com movimentações ofensivas comandadas pelo técnico Dorival Júniorno primeiro treinamento após a vitória de virada por 4 a 3 sobre o Botafogo, no sábado.

Brenner foi reintegrado ao elenco principal depois de passar a última semana com o time sub-17, pelo qual foi artilheiro e conquistou a Taça BH da categoria, fazendo dois gols e dando assistência na vitória por 3 a 1 sobre o Flamengo, na final. Nesta tarde, realizou sua primeira atividade com Dorival depois do título, vencido na última quinta-feira, em Minas Gerais.

Júnior Tavares, por sua vez, parece recuperado das dores por conta de um edema na coxa direita. Porém, na metade da atividade, o lateral-esquerdo deixou o campo. Segundo o médico Auro Rayel, que o atendeu, sua situação pouco mudou, mas não preocupa, por ser apenas um desconforto.

Na atividade, Dorival Júnior dividiu o grupo em dois e testou movimentações ofensivas, organizando a saída de bola e pedindo jogadas pelas pontas, estimulando cruzamentos. Era um treino de ataque contra defesa, mas com contra-ataque dos dois lados.

Quem foi titular diante do Botafogo, no sábado, trabalhou normalmente e foram liberados somente da última parte do treino, quando Dorival e seus auxiliares comandaram um treino técnico, em campo reduzido, permitindo que os reservas dessem, no máximo, dois toques na bola.

O técnico ainda não deu nenhum sinal de mudança na escalação, mas, nesta segunda, não pôde contar com Wellington Nem, que fez tratamento por pancada que recebeu no joelho direito no sábado. O atacante será reavaliado para saber se tem condições de ser relacionado contra o Coritiba, na quinta-feira, no Morumbi.

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Divock Origi was simply omitted from Liverpool’s squad at the weekend rather than being injured, according to reliable journalist James Pearce.

The Lowdown: Origi left out of squad

The Reds were superb away to Leeds on Sunday, cruising to a 3-0 win, although the victory was marred by a serious injury to Harvey Elliott.

Origi played no part in proceedings, having not even made the substitutes’ bench, leaving Liverpool with no out-and-out attacker to call upon in reserve. Thankfully, none were needed given the visitors’ dominance at Elland Road.

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The Latest: Pearce provides update on Origi

Speaking in a Q&A for The Athletic before the game, Pearce confirmed that the Belgian didn’t make the squad because Jurgen Klopp couldn’t justify a place for him in it, offering the succinct five-word update of: “Origi not injured I’m told”.

In reply to an earlier query as part of the Q&A enquiring whether the 26-year-old was out with injury, the journalist responded: “Not injured I’m told. Klopp clearly thinks if he needs to make a change in the frontline he will bring on Oxlade today.”

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The Verdict: Surplus to requirements

It was a surprise that Origi didn’t move on in the summer transfer window given his rarity of action, and his latest omission only strengthens that argument.

The fact that Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is now seemingly considered a better option in attack speaks volumes, considering that the 28-year-old is renowned for being a midfielder. Then again, his Belgian team-mate hasn’t scored a senior goal in almost 12 months since a Carabao Cup rout at Lincoln.

Origi is still searching for his first snippet of senior action this season and it is hard to see where opportunities will arrive, apart from potentially in domestic cup competitions.

The sooner the 26-year-old leaves, the more beneficial it will be for everyone. His totally voluntary omission by Klopp yesterday, in the absence of any other reserve centre-forwards, was damning.

In other news, some Liverpool fans have hailed a pundit’s support of one Reds player. Find out who it is here.

Southampton have a rich history of bringing through academy players and turning them into first-team stars, whether that be at St. Mary’s or elsewhere after they have been sold.

The likes of Matt Le Tissier, Alan Shearer, Gareth Bale, Theo Walcott, Adam Lallana, Luke Shaw and current player James Ward-Prowse all came through the youth ranks at Southampton, highlighting the impressive production line on the south coast over the years.

This means that fans have a right to get excited when an academy player makes the breakthrough into the first-team as they have seen how successful graduates can be. However, not every youngster is able to burst onto the scene and maintain an upward trajectory.

One excellent example of this is current first-team right-back Yan Valery. He made the step-up to first-team football at Southampton in 2018 but has struggled to kick on and progress in recent seasons.

The Frenchman played 24 times in all competitions in the 2018/19 campaign for the Saints, averaging a solid WhoScored rating of 6.66 in 23 Premier League appearances. He averaged 2.8 tackles and interceptions per game, whilst also chipping in with two goals and one assist from the right-back position.

At the end of his debut campaign at senior level, Valery was valued by Transfermarkt at £6.3m at the young age of 20. Ralph Hasenhuttl seemingly had a promising and talented defender in his ranks with the potential to progress and become a regular first-team star at St. Mary’s.

Instead of developing further and fulfilling his potential, Valery has endured a tough couple of years at Southampton under Hasenhuttl. The Austrian coach has been unable to get the best out of the defender, with his appearances and performance levels dropping over time.

In the 2019/20 campaign, the right-back made 11 Premier League appearances and averaged a WhoScored rating of 6.38. Last season, he only played three times in the top-flight and averaged a score of 6.15, before being loaned out to Birmingham in the Championship. Valery made five appearances in the Championship for Birmingham, only two from the start, and averaged a dismal rating of 6.33 despite dropping to a lower division.

Now, Valery is valued by Transfermarkt at £2.7m. This is a 57% decrease from two years ago and shows how Hasenhuttl has had a howler with the defender as he has been unable to help him progress.

Of course, it is also down to Valery to put the performances in on the pitch, but there has been little sign that Hasenhuttl’s coaching has aided his development.

Valery is yet to play a game in the Premier League this season and the rarely-seen full-back’s time at the club could be coming to an end if his lack of game time continues.

There is little point having a player whose value is plummeting at the club if there is a chance to sell him on, as it could recoup some money for Martin Semmens to spend on a replacement.

AND in other news, Ralph howler: Rarely-seen Southampton outcast has seen value plummet 57% since 2019…

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Depois de ser cogitado como possível reforço do Boca Juniors (ARG), o atacante Ramón Ábila voltou a ter seu nome ligado a um novo clube. O time da vez é o Benfica, como revelou o jornal português A Bola. A janela de transferência europeia será encerrada em agosto e o jogador de 27 anos, que não vem sendo aproveitado no time de Mano Menezes, aparece como uma das opções para a equipe.

Ábila chegou ao Cruzeiro em 2016 e não tem feito parte do time titular. Durante a atual edição do Campeonato Brasileiro, o atacante entrou em campo apenas dez vezes, sendo seis como titular, e marcou três gols. Pelo time celeste, ele já atuou em 60 partidas e balançou as redes 25 vezes.

Além de Ábila, o Benfica estaria interessado em um outro atacante argentino. Nicolás Blandi, que defende o San Lorenzo (ARG), também está na lista de possíveis reforços do time português. Adiantando as negociações, já que pode perder o mexicano Raúl Jiménez e o grego Kostas Mitroglou, o clube já acertou a contratação do suíço Haris Seferovic e do colombiano Cristian Arango para o setor ofensivo.